• Catacombs of Kom el-Shoqafa

    Our favourite

    A Roman necropolis on three levels, where Anubis wears a legionary's armour.

    AlexandriaKarmouz

    €€ Mid-rangeHistoric venue
  • Roman Theatre

    Egypt's only surviving Roman theatre: thirteen tiers of marble in the middle of downtown.

    AlexandriaKom el-Dikka

    €€ Mid-rangeBest in the morning
  • Bibliotheca Alexandrina

    A 2002 library that has nothing of the ancient one but its name, and a reading room on eleven terraces.

    AlexandriaShatby

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • Montazah Palace

    A royal park by the sea where you visit the gardens, not the palace.

    AlexandriaMontazah

    €€ Mid-rangeSunset
  • Qaitbay Citadel

    A Mamluk fortress of the 1470s at the harbour point, over the ruins of the Pharos.

    AlexandriaAnfoushi

    €€ Mid-rangeSea view